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Such Shakespeare Stuff

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Watching for Shakespeare references all around us in books, movies, television shows, the daily news... Discussion of interesting questions, favorite interpretations, and so on.

• Added on: Sep 1st, 2005
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Listed in: Entertainment Poker Writing

Recent Posts

• Rufus! Rufus! Rufus!

  Posted on Thursday December 17th, 2009 at 08:06

  I have Rufus Wainwright’s Sonnet 29 in heavy rotation on my playlist (which otherwise consists of some serious heavy rock and metal, headbanging sorts of stuff).  I’m always on the lookout for more.  Apparently he’s all over YouTube, though. ...

• Commwealth Shakespeare on Boston Common 2010 Presents Othello!

  Posted on Monday December 14th, 2009 at 20:29

  Rumor has it(*) that our favorite Boston based free Shakespeare will be around next year, and finally getting back to tragedy with Othello! I’m very excited.  The comedies are cute, but I much prefer to really dig into the tragedies.  What about...

• Shakespeare Master Class

  Posted on Friday December 11th, 2009 at 14:50

  http://www.videosift.com/video/Hugh-Laurie-Stephen-Fry-Shakespeare-Master-Class Thank Twitter for pointing me at this little gem I’d missed, a very young Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry doing “Shakespeare Master Class”. Given some of the spirited...

• Were Shakespeare’s Actors Any Good?

  Posted on Tuesday December 8th, 2009 at 16:04

  We know what people do with Shakespeare’s words now, sure.  And in general we can point to an Orson Welles, Ian McKellen, John Gielgud, Derek Jacobi and say, “Those, those are good actors.” But I’ve often wondered about the people who origi...

• Love’s Labour’s Lost : The Show

  Posted on Monday December 7th, 2009 at 12:45

  Ok, finally I can talk about the show. Well, let’s get the organization out of the way first.  They couldn’t find my seat.  I mean, this is basically a town hall / gymnasium sort of set up, sectioned off and folding chairs set up.  Maybe 200 ...

• Love’s Labour’s Lost Part Two : And Then The Tree

  Posted on Sunday December 6th, 2009 at 23:03

  Ok, so, the story continues. LLL is playing in Holyoke, Mass, which is about 2 hours from me.  It’s a 2pm show, so working backwards I plan to leave around 11-11:30 in the morning. We wanted to get a Christmas tree this weekend, and we’re sure...

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